Research

At my lab, affectionately nicknamed The Oorelian, our aim is to understand how speech perception is affected in less than optimal conditions. These conditions may be due to factors such as hearing impairment, ageing, communicating in a non-native language, or external noise. Central in most of the projects we work on is an interest in the interactions between top-down, cognitive processing and bottom-up, perceptual processing. Can digital hearing-aid processing affect listening effort? Do bimodal or bilateral cochlear implants improve ease of listening? Is listening to speech in a non-native language more cognitively demanding than listening to speech in your native language? Are changes in speech understanding due to ageing solely perceptual or also cognitive in nature? These are just some of the questions we are interested in answering. For more information on any of these projects, or if you want to work with us, contact me here.

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Karabay, A., Nijenkamp, R., Sarampalis, A. et al. (2024). Introducing ART: A new method for testing auditory memory with circular reproduction tasks. Behav Res 56, 8330–8348. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02477-2 pdf
Everhardt M., Sarampalis A., Coler M., Başkent D. and Lowie W. (2024). Lexical stress identification in cochlear implant-simulated speech by non-native-listeners. Language and Speech. https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309231222207 pdf
Everhardt M., Jung, D.E., Stiensma, B., Lowie, W., Baskent, D. and Sarampalis, A. (2024). Foreign Language Acquisition in Adolescent Cochlear Implant Users. Ear and Hearing. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001410 pdf
Aletta, F., Mitchell, A., Oberman, T., Kang, J., Khelil, S., Bouzir, T. A. K., Berkouk, D., Xie, H., Zhang, Y., Zhang, R., Yang, X., Li, M., Jambrošić, K., Zaninović, T., van den Bosch, K., Lühr, T., Orlik, N., Fitzpatrick, D., Sarampalis, A., … Nguyen, T. L. (2024). Soundscape descriptors in eighteen languages: Translation and validation through listening experiments. Applied Acoustics, 224, 110109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2024.110109 pdf
van den Bosch, K. A., Fitzpatrick, D.W., Luhr, T.C., Orlik, N.B. and Sarampalis, A. (2023). Creating a Common Language for Soundscape Research: Translation and Validation of Dutch Soundscape Attributes. Applied Acoustics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2023.109545 pdf
Aletta F, Oberman T, Mitchell A, Kang J, … Sarampalis, A. … (2023). Preliminary results of the soundscape attributes translation project (SATP): lessons learned and next steps. In: Proc. forum acusticum. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0095 pdf
Everhardt, M. K., Sarampalis, A., Coler, M., Başkent, D., & Lowie, W. (2023). Prosodic Focus Interpretation in Spectrotemporally Degraded Speech by Non-Native Listeners. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(9), 3649–3664. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00568 pdf
Everhardt, M., Sarampalis, A., Coler, M., Baskent, D., Lowie, W. (2022) Interpretation of prosodically marked focus in cochlear implant-simulated speech by non-native listeners. Proc. Speech Prosody 2022, 72-76, https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2022-15 pdf
Everhardt M., Sarampalis A., Coler M., Başkent D. and Lowie W. (2022) Speech Prosody: The Musical, Magical Quality of Speech. Front. Young Minds. 10:698575. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.698575 pdf
Everhardt, M. K., Sarampalis, A., Coler, M., Başkent, D., & Lowie, W. (2020). Meta-Analysis on the Identification of Linguistic and Emotional Prosody in Cochlear Implant Users and Vocoder Simulations. Ear Hear, 1. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000000863 pdf
Pals, C., Sarampalis, A., Beynon, A., Stainsby, T., & Başkent, D. (2020). Effect of Spectral Channels on Speech Recognition, Comprehension, and Listening Effort in Cochlear-Implant Users. Trends in Hearing. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216520904617 pdf
Everhardt, M. K., Sarampalis, A., Coler, M., Başkent, D., & Lowie, W. (2019). “Perception of L2 lexical stress in words degraded by a cochlear implant simulation.” Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Melbourne, Australia. pdf
Pals, C., Sarampalis, A., van Dijk, M, Baskent, D. (2018). “Effects of Additional Low-Pass–Filtered Speech on Listening Effort for Noise-Band–Vocoded Speech in Quiet and in Noise.” Ear and Hearing, pdf
Baskent, D., Clarke, J., Pals, C., Benard, M.R., Bhargava, P., Saija, J., Sarampalis, A., Wagner, A., & Gaudrain, E. (2016). “Cognitive Compensation of Speech Perception With Hearing Impairment, Cochlear Implants, and Aging: How and to What Degree Can It Be Achieved?” Trends in Hearing, 20, 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1177/2331216516670279 pdf
Hogenelst, K., Sarampalis, A., Leander, N. P., Müller, B. C., Schoevers, R. A., & Aan Het Rot, M. (2016). “The effects of acute tryptophan depletion on speech and behavioural mimicry in individuals at familial risk for depression.” Journal of Psychopharmacology (Oxford, England). http://doi.org/10.1177/0269881115625156 pdf
Pals, C., Sarampalis, A., van Rijn, H., & Başkent, D., (2015). “Validation of a simple response-time measure of listening effort.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 138(3), EL187-EL192. pdf
Wagner, A., Pals, C., de Blecourt, C., Sarampalis, A., Başkent, D. (2015). “Does signal degradation affect top-down processing of speech?” International Symposium on Hearing, Groningen, The Netherlands. pdf
Başkent, D., Bhargava, P., Saija, J., Pals, C., Sarampalis, A., Wagner, A., & Gaudrain, E. (2015). “Cognitive compensation of speech perception in hearing loss: How and to what degree can it be achieved?” ISAAR Proceedings, Denmark. pdf
Pals, C., Sarampalis, A., & Başkent, D. (2013). “Listening Effort with Cochlear Implant Simulations.” Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56(4), 1075-1084. pdf
Gallun F.J., Stecker G.C., Loui P., & Sarampalis A. (2013). “The Ear Club: Ervin R. Hafter’s academic family.” Presentation at the 2013 Fall Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. San Francisco, CA. pdf
Pals, C., van Dijk, M., Sarampalis, A., & Başkent, D. (2012). “A dual-task paradigm as an objective measure of listening effort with cochlear implant simulations.” Presentation at the 7th International Symposium on Objective Measures in Auditory Implants. Amsterdam, NL.
Pals, C., Sarampalis, A., & Başkent, D. (2011). “Listening effort with cochlear implants and electric acoustic stimulation – A simulation study.” Presentation at the 2011 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses. Asilomar, CA.
Sarampalis, A., Kalluri, S., Edwards, B., Hafter, E. (2009). “Objective measures of listening effort: Effects of background noise and noise reduction,” Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 52, 1230-1240. pdf